Renaissance Fair experience - General impressions and discussion

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Was it worth it going to a renaissance fair?

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Most Renaissance Faires are basically theme parks where performers and crafty types show up and make money. This was my one and only Renaissance Faire experience. It was very "meh." Others are more like living history events, which tend to be more professional and have far less debauchery (if any).

However, some Renaissance Faires are quite degenerate and it depends on the organizers. I have heard of many faires which, during the day, are normal: people show up, watch performances, buy stuff, maybe eat and drink a little, and go home. After the sun goes down, it turns into an adult club-type environment with lots of adults together with lots of alcohol. Some of these are little more than swinger's parties, or they turn into full-on, furry-convention-style orgies. Around all of this is a lot of HOA-type cliquey drama over who is the most important and/or who is in charge of the event.

What is cool about Renaissance Faires is that there are some genuinely fucking talented people who make cool shit and sell it there - e.g. people who are hobby blacksmiths and make period-accurate, functional, hand-made chainmail armor.
 
Hey Johnny Bravo said:
What is cool about Renaissance Faires is that there are some genuinely fucking talented people who make cool shit and sell it there - e.g. people who are hobby blacksmiths and make period-accurate, functional, hand-made chainmail armor.
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Oh yeah a lot of people from the SCA and similar organizations where you're more likely to see that level of talent will often make a circuit of these fairs in the summer-fall in order to make some dough off of normies and help fund their own events
 
Ren faires are fun. The theatrics, the themed food, the historical reenactors. I got glomped and licked buy a goth girl this one year when I dressed up as a plague doctor. Shit was cash.
 
Bored & Confused said:
I got glomped and licked buy a goth girl this one year when I dressed up as a plague doctor. Shit was cash.
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Life is so unfair
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but yeah the chicks at the ren fair are crazy, I was waiting in line for food and some guys behind were talking about girls walking up to him and asking if he was the second coming of Jesus
 
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The first time I went to one in Texas it seemed like a fun family friendly event. It was really cool to sit under a tree and have a pretty lady in full medieval garb since a really nice song while playing the lute as I am eating a turkey leg.

The second time I went there was a whore walking around in a chainmail bikini that hid absolutely nothing with nothing underneath it. Can no longer recommend
 
last time I went to a ren fest it was on some other dude's dime but we made sure to flip the rat catcher a few bucks to get him to say a few words about how other dude who was paying was a dipshit
surprisingly we got dude to pay for another trip for us after that as a bad attempt at a reality show
 
Agreeably4263 said:
The first time I went to one in Texas it seemed like a fun family friendly event. It was really cool to sit under a tree and have a pretty lady in full medieval garb since a really nice song while playing the lute as I am eating a turkey leg.

The second time I went there was a whore walking around in a chainmail bikini that hid absolutely nothing with nothing underneath it. Can no longer recommend
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I've always gone to the one in Texas. I remember some rainbow flags started showing up in the late 2010s but even back in the late 2000s you could play "count the inappropriate costumes". They recently had a HBO documentary series (released a few months ago) on that one showing some of the insane people who own it and work there.

It was a fun watch. I was pointing out locations in and around the Faire (the various arenas, the gas station outside, the Olive Garden technically down the road), as my brother was intrigued but mostly horrified by it.
 
Kari Kamiya said:
I haven't been to one in decades, it's always been pricey to go. Last time I went was because a friend invited me, and a fairy/sprite playing a pipe ran up to me and gave me a blue stone at the entrance. Never learned what that was about.
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some people go to play characters. idk if its the case anymore but people in costumes got in free or for much cheaper. when i went as a kid there was a guy with a bunch of wooden swords that would hand them out to kids and sword fight with them.
 
I have been to two, it was at least 10 years ago though. I wouldn't likely go to another because it's too expensive and I wouldn't eat the food.

The good:
There was a legit blacksmith you could buy things from doing blacksmith stuff
The knight tourney stuff was pretty neat
There were pretty young women in low cut yet old styled dresses and fairy-ish costumes

The bad:
I walked past a partially open curtain and saw a woman preparing raw chicken on a picnic table right next to vegetables which is disgusting
The larping men were mostly cringe
The admission was pretty damn expensive, I think around $30 at the time
 
I go every year and dress up (in cleric attire). There's one booth that sells incense and essential oils that I use for my cologne.

It's fun, but it's also shown me that ugly ogres think dressing like sluts and showing their fat rolls is cruise control for sexy.

Yeah, some people there are faggots, but whatever.

I saw a guy dressed as Solaire from Dark Souls, and made the "Praise the Sun" gesture without saying a word to him. He responded in kind.
 
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I think the Renaissance Fair that takes place in my part of Kiwi Land is still going strong even though I don't hear the radio ads for it like I used to in the past.

I went once with my family in my late teens or as a young adult. The singers/street performers were alright and visitors were encouraged to cheer during the jousting. I also recall a blacksmith who would demonstrate how he made certain items which was interesting to watch, too.

I haven't gone back because prices for admission are probably sky high now. For me, it's one of those experiences I think is best as a one and done thing because there's little that changes year to year for someone who's not a die hard fan of the medieval era.
 
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